Trail · from Deer Lake (YDF)
The Snug Harbour Trail
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- Mapped path
- 7.2 km one way
- Parks Canada gives 15 km there and back; the mapped path measures 14.4 km there and back.
- Climbing
- 88 m
- Every up added together; the highest point is 52 m.
- To the trailhead
- 98 km
Type of trail
Out and back
Walk to the end, turn round, come back the same way.
Source: Parks Canada, “Return by the same route.”.
challengingRated on the whole walk: 14.4 km there and back, about 172 m of climbing. How
Access: the rating measures effort only. Surface isn't recorded for most of it. Step-free access isn't recorded; ask the park before you go. Easier access in Gros Morne, from Parks Canada →
Drive: 97.5 km from the Deer Lake (YDF) terminal to the trailhead — not the town. OSRM driving profile, terminal to the trailhead, checked 2026-09-03.
The trail, measured
Snug Harbour Trail: the mapped path is 7.2 km with 88 m of climbing, from 20 m up to 52 m.
Every cited segment →
OpenStreetMap way/1444537103 + way/421835898 + way/436231908 + way/436231907 + way/39968756 + way/141657508 + way/1449912000; elevation from AWS Open Data Terrarium tiles (z14), sampled ~30 m, ascent over a 3 m noise threshold.
Today's trail conditions and seasonal closures are Parks Canada's — check before you climb →Park bulletins →
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Just a file: no account, nothing tracked.
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Getting here
- 98 km from Deer Lake to the trailhead.
The measured drive is YDF → Cow Head — 6 stops on it, with the road numbers, the surface and where to eat along it.
Places to stay in Cow Head
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A place listed in Cow Head shows on 12 pages here: 6 drives to Cow Head, 1 arena or stage and 5 trails nearby.
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Plan a trip around this walk
Pick where you arrive and how many days. The planner puts Snug Harbour Trail on a day, with the other walks near the places you stop.
What has been recorded near here
Wildlife people have reported within 10 km of Snug Harbour trailhead (Western Brook Pond parking), and the months they saw it. Tap a name for everywhere else on our drives it turns up.
- Northern gannetseabirdMorus bassanusReports cluster in August, June, July93 reports on record
Reports, not counts: busy harbours report more. No sighting is promised, and the list covers only the species we look up. Source: GBIF, the international record of wildlife sightings, checked 2026-10-07.
Eating, when you come off
Places to eat within 25 km by road of the trailhead, nearest first. 0 of 4 have a confirmed position.
- Country StyleRoute 430 · (709) 458-20248.4 kmunconfirmed — go by the address
- Snack ShackHWY-430 · (709) 458-20248.5 kmunconfirmed — go by the address
- Greco Pizza193 Main St · (709) 243-247121 kmunconfirmed — go by the address
- Neddy's Pub & Eatery21 kmunconfirmed — go by the address
No opening hours: the map data for these places has none. Phone ahead. Built 2026-10-11.
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The gentle one: 7.2 km of mapped trail with only 88 m of total climb, along the flats toward Snug Harbour at Western Brook Pond’s mouth. This is old fishing-station country under the fjord’s first walls. It shares its approach with the pond’s boat tour, so it uses the same parking lot this site’s Cow Head and Viking Trail drives stop at.
Flat is not short: fourteen-plus kilometres return is an afternoon. Parks Canada maintains the boardwalk sections and reports their conditions.
The full drive from Deer Lake (YDF), with stops and moose notes →
Measured September 3, 2026. Trailhead: OpenStreetMap way/1444537103 — trail start at the Western Brook Pond area. Planning only: not live and not for navigation; trails and conditions change. Terms